Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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BLYPE, n.2 “A coat, a shred; applied to the skin, which is said to come off in blypes, when it peels in coats, or is rubbed off, in shreds” (Sc. 1808 Jam.). Cf. Flype, a piece of skin. [bləip]Ayr. 1786 Burns Halloween xxiii.:
He taks a swirlie, auld moss-oak, For some black, grousome Carlin; An' loot a winze, an' drew a stroke, Till skin in blypes cam haurlin Aff's nieves that night.Dmf. 1861 R. Quinn Heather Lintie 87:
He flogs awa' wi' a' his micht, Till skin in blypes gaes fleein'.
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